Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] net: mdio: move device reset functions to mdio_device.c

From: Russell King (Oracle)
Date: Mon Nov 17 2025 - 04:46:42 EST


On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 10:28:51AM +0100, Buday Csaba wrote:
> diff --git a/include/linux/mdio.h b/include/linux/mdio.h
> index 42d6d47e4..1322d2623 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mdio.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mdio.h
> @@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ void mdio_device_free(struct mdio_device *mdiodev);
> struct mdio_device *mdio_device_create(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr);
> int mdio_device_register(struct mdio_device *mdiodev);
> void mdio_device_remove(struct mdio_device *mdiodev);
> +int mdio_device_register_gpiod(struct mdio_device *mdiodev);
> +int mdio_device_register_reset(struct mdio_device *mdiodev);

These are private functions to the mdio code living in drivers/net/phy,
so I wonder whether we want to have drivers/net/phy/mdio.h for these to
discourage other code calling these?

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